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Sean Young as Rachael stands in a crowded, futuristic street scene wearing a large, patterned fur coat in a publicity image from the 1982 film Blade Runner.
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  • Harrison Ford in Blade Runner
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    There he meets Rachael (Sean Young), who serves as assistant to the CEO, and Tyrell suggests that Deckard test her. Deckard discovers that Rachael is a replicant who has been given false memories so that she will not know that she is a replicant. Rachael comes to his apartment…

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    There he meets Rachael (Sean Young), who serves as assistant to the CEO, and Tyrell suggests that Deckard test her. Deckard discovers that Rachael is a replicant who has been given false memories so that she will not know that she is a replicant. Rachael comes to his apartment…

    Read More